Kotliar, Abraham. Masecheth Derech Eretz (Hachadashah). With parody of Hagadah for Passover

(PARODY)

Alexander Ginz

Warsaw

1898

Frontispiece portrait of the author

Davidson, Parody, note 142

“Tractate on the Way of Life in the New Country...According to the American Custom.” A devastating attack on the state of American Jewish life, satirizing the dramatic changes found among immigrant Jews, who were apparently all too quick to abandon traditional religious practices. Kotliar felt the surrounding chaos resulted from both the low moral standards of the Jewish leaders of the day and an obsession with money